10 THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, MARCH 14. .1919. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE FORGE CUT 80PER CENT Reduction Necessitated by Lack of Funds; Work of Placing Soldiers Will Be Continued. Washington, March 13. Reduc tion of 80 prr cent in the force of ilic I'nited States employment serv ice, effective March 22 ,was an nounced today by Director General Ueiismore. This war made neces sary, it was explained, by the failure of congress to provide funds to con :inue the work. Mr. Densuiore said the number of employment offices would be reduced from 780 to 56, but that none of the work in direct connection with the return of sol diers and sailors to civilian employ- - 'iient would be discontinued. "The reduction of- the employment service cuts it to the bone." said Dr. Densmore. "The special work in placing engineers and other highly trained men, persons handicapped by old age and physical disability, vocational -guidance for juveniles, the trade tests for skilled workers p.nd the training of employment ex aminers must all cease March 22. Skeleton Organization Maintained. "The maintenance of a skeleton administrative organization in Washington and the states and the continuance of camp representatives, soldiers' bureaus and the clearance system, together with 56 branch of- - f ices in strategic industrial centers, will, however, permit the directing of national employment work by the employment service and enable it to icsume full operation when congress appropriates funds." Seceretary Wilson, in a statement tonight explaining the plan for re taining a skeleton organization of the service, disclosed that the ser vice could not draw on President Wilson's $100,000,000 war emergency fund because practically all of it has been spent or pledged. After the urgency deficiency liill vas killed in the filibuster in Hje rioting hours of the last session of the senate, Secretary Wilson appeal ed to the president. He received :his reply by radio from the presi dential ship, George Washington at .ea: . "Regret nothing so much as the discontinuance of the work of the rmployment service bureau, but the fact is that including pledges made inv fund is practically exhausted. What remain would not suffice to naintain the bureau and to my great rief, I see na escape from disband incnt. I hope that it will bq pos vlvle to keep a skeleton organiza tion." Service to be Reorganized. Secretary Wilson announced that .lie employment service would- be reorganized on a basis that would enable it to utilize the voluntary services of individuals and organiza tions to continue the work of find ing places for returned soldiers and sailors. "Fortunately," said Secretary Wil- on "the employment service in car rying out the work entrusted to its charge had organized 1.57S com munit yboard and nearly 2.000 bureaus" for returning soldiers with out expense to the government and had secured the co-operation of the council of national defense, the state and municipal employment agencies, the five" great welfare associations engaged in war work, and other church and welfare organizations in locating work for demobilized sol diers and war workers. The hearty co-operation of those agencies has been assured in tiding over the in terim until the reconvening of con gress. "We shall maintain our represen tatives in the demobilization camps and shall keep right on getting the records of soldiers returning on the transports and forwarding them to the bureaus for returning -soldiers and will maintain an administrative organization in Washington and each of the states to direct the work and about 50 employment officers' in the principal industrial centers. - "Inasmuch as the deficiency itcm passed the house unanimously and was unanimously reported by- the appropriation! committee in the sen ate, we are confident that as soon as congress meets sufficient funds will ie made' available to continue the ivork which is being- done in finding positions for retuurning soldiers'and civilian workers." Unemployment Increasing. f. While Mr. Densmore was sending orders today to federal directors of the service for the states, reports reaching headquarters here showed tlijre had been a heavy increase in unemployment during the past five days. 69 per cent of the reporting industrial centers having large labor surpluses. This fact, together with the fact that the work of the 2,000 bureaus for returning soldiers is closely-allied with that of. the ser vice, led the director-general to pre diet that most of the 700 employ--ment bureau would be maintained bv the communities in which they re located. Mr. Densmore announced today the arrival in France of Harold Stone, national superintendent of the bureau for returning soldiers and sailors, who has been commissioned to arrange for putting soldiers on the transports and in the embarka tion points in touch with the job--f finding facilities of the employment service in this country. Mr. Stone will continue his work. Woman Severely Burned by Gas Explosion Mrs. Jennie Walstrom, 2508 South Thirty-eighth avenue, was severely burned yesterday at noon when a ' gas oven, which she was attempting to light, exploded. She was taken to the Lister hospital and attended by Dr. E. G. Barnhart. The doctor states that she probably will re cover, in spite of the fact that, burns about the face are of a terious nature. Small Fire- at Paxton. Smoke from a small fire at the Hotel Paxton filled the mezzanine floor and lobby last evening at 7:30. C. J. Hysham gave the alarm and the blaze was quickly extinguished. The fire was located under the floor. Little damage was done. Government Intervenes To End Tieup of Traffic In Strike-Bound Ha'rbor Officials of Army, Navy and Shipping Board Decide To Commandeer Fleet of Boats at New York Sufficient To Restore Normal Conditions and Operate Them With Union Crews. New-York, March 13. Commandeering by the govern ment of a fleet of harbor craft sufficient to restore traffic in New York's strike-bound harbpr to normal conditions, has been decided by officials of the army, navy and United Spates shipping board, according to apparently authentic reports tonight. If the boats are taken over by the government agencies, they will' be manned by union crews operating under a basic eight-hour day on the wage scale recently agreed upon with the railroad administration. , Officials of the New York Boatload administration wage scale and working conditions into effect and negotiations are progressing favor ably toward complete and satisfac tory settlement which will restore normal conditions and serve the in terest of the general public." The difficulty in obtaining coil for army .and navy ships was solved when representatives of both branches of the service chartered 12 boats from a private firm to carry coal to these vessels. Union men agreed to operate the boats on con dition that they were used solely for government work. Secretary of the Navy Daniels Jo day directed Rear Admiral Usher, commandant of the third naval dis trict, not to allow the use of navy tugs' to tow barges for private firms. This was in answer to an appeal by Frank Hedley, general manager of the Interborough Rapid Transit company, that naval tugs be permit ted to tow the barges of two private firms engaged in supplying the company with fuel. Owner's association whose refusal to grant boat workers' -demands af ter the workers had refused to abide by a national war labor board award, precipitated the strike, asserted that the B. McLain Transportation com pany already had been informed by government officials that its boats would be commandeered unless they were , immediately chartered to the government. Thomas L. Delahunty, president of the Marine Workers' affiliation, after attending a meeting of the army, navy and shipping board of ficials declared there was'no doubt but what the government will com mandeer the boats of the private owners, if they refuse to charter them." James L. Hughes, federal concilia tor; who has been working for a settlement of the strike for severel days, issued the following state ment: "The army, navy and shipping board have arranged to put the rail- Directors of Omaha A. C. Are Students of Psychology Members Receive Attractive Announcements of St. Pat s rick's Day Celebration in Same Mail With Notice of Raise in Dues; Waiters Flock to Tew "Tip Center." . . 4 : -J ' 1 v Did -anyone say directors of the Omaha Athletic club were no stu dents of phychology? No? They are! In the morning mail members re ceived attractive cards, printed in green, and announcing the first St. Patrick's day celebration in the new clubhouse next Monday night. Exclamations of joy at the pros pect of the lovely dinner-dance promised by the entertainment com mittee, were exclaimed by the femi nine 'contingent on glancing over the announcements and more sedate beams of satisfaction from the mere men who foot the bills, when "INCREASE OF DUES" met their eyes. "Through an oversight the mem bers were not notified of the in crease of dues effective March 1 from $50 to $60 per annum; which step was found necessary in oder to maintain the service and equip ment up to the required standard. Signed House committee.". This was the footnote. This and nothing more! There is a rumor that next to the long waiting y list of prospective members of the Athletic club, the next longest waiting list is the wait ing list of waiters, waiting to be al lowed to "wait" in (the Athletic club. It's because a charge of 10 cents per plate is added for the waiter to the bill for each meal served in the club. In other Omaha clubs, no tip ping is permitted. The Chamber of Commerce and the Omaha club make up for this at Christmas time by subscribing a bonus Jor the wait ers. . . 13. .i !.. IIT . Waiters," the Omaha Athletic clnb-rr plan appeals to them better. Its more definite and businesslike, add ed to which there is no loss of tips by waiting on women. Which accounts for the presence or near presence of all "society wait ers" de luxe in the Athletic club. Girl Tells Weird Story, to Which Mother Soon Puts the Finish The small figure of Ruth Peter son, aged U, 2216 Capitol avenue, huddled against a building at Four teenth and Douglas streets at a late hour last night, attracted the atten tion of Police Officer Franks. He paused and watched her. Suddenly she stepped up to two women standing nearby. "Won't you please give me a dime, so I can go to a movie show," she pleaded in a high treble voice: "Why don't you get it from your mother," inquired one of the wo men. ' . , "Oh, my mother ran away from me three years ago," was the reply. "Wpn't you be my mother and take me home?" pleadingly. The officer here interfered. At the police station Ruth told an interested group of hardships she had incurred since her mother had deserted her, of how" she really didn't know what her own name was, nor where she lived. ,She even cried -a little to impress her audi ence and "they were duly impressed. The illusion was short lived, how ever, for in the middle of her tale a stout woman entered, announcing herself as Ruth's' mother. ' "She got out of school this after noon by telling the teacher she was sick," explained Mrs. Peterson. "She has never been away from home so long before in her life, and wewere nearly frantic searching for her. "She'll never do this again," she added, tucking the small daughter under her arm as they left the( sta Bandmaster in Court. Kenosha,' Wis., March 13. (Spe cial Telegram.) Bernard M. Aqui line, one of Wisconsin's best known bandsmen and composers, is de fendant in a divorce suit filed today. Aquiline and the story., of his rela tions with "the other woman" deco rated the police blotter a year ago, when he was arrested at Broken Bow, Neb., and brought back to Kenosha to answer charges of infi delity. The ctiarges brought against him at that time are again detailed by his wife in her divorce suit. When Aquiline was brought back from Nebraska he pleaded for. a chance to enter the army, asserting that he would become a bandmaster in the service, but he sever got into a uniform. His wife says she does not know his present whereabouts. Plan Eig Purchases Washington, March 13. Car and locomotice builders were told by Director General Hines today that means would be found to finance the railroads and contemplated big purchases of rolling stock. He em phasized that there was no cause for alarm among- industries affected. Municipal Coal Yard' Controversy Airecl at Hearing in Lincoln Lincoln, Neb., March 13. (Spe cial.) Several Omaha coal dealers and City Commissioner Dan Butler of Omaha appeared before the mu nicipal affairs committee of the state this afternoon to thresh out the mer it? and demerits of an amendment offered by the coal men to S. F. 165, known as the Omaha charter bill, which would put the municipal coal yard on a self-supporting basis, limit deliveries to 500 pounds each, and make it purely a benevolent in stitution. They claim that prices quoted by the municipal yard do not at present include the '"cost of de liveries or clerk hire or other expen ses which the coal man is compelled to carry in his prices. Commissioner Butler said that the coal yards had never yet cost the city any money, though he admitted that coal had been hauled in city trucks and that clerics in pay of the city had taken care of the coal yard records. He also charged that a price combination existed among the larger coal dealers of Omaha. This statement was denied by, the coal dealers, who declared an ' itemized statement-of the coal business at the city hall, which had been denied to them would bear out their state ment that they were working at a disadvantage with the city yard, the expense of which was largely taken out of the taxpayer's pockety. Nonpartisan Society Organized to Combat League as Projected Washington, March 13. Prelimin ary plans for the formation of a na tional nonpartisan organization de signed to keep the American people better informed as to events at the peace conference and to oppose ec ceptancevof the constitution of the league of nations as rfow drawn were made at a conference today between Senators Reed of Missouri, demo crat, and Borah of Idaho, and Pojn dexter of Washington, republicans, and George Wharton Pepper, a law yer, of Philadelphia. After the conference it was an nounced that Henry Watterson, for mer publisher of the Louisville Courier-Journal, would be president of the organization with Mr. Pepper as directing supervisor. ' One purpose of the organization, it was explained, would be the co ordination of various local bodies that have been formed over the country in opposition to the league. Present plans call for establishment of a speakers' bureu and the con ducting of an extensive campaign of publicity throughout the country. FRENCH DEFICIT $4,350,000,000 KL0TZJ1EP0RTS Financial Society of Nations Only Means to Balance Fu ture Budgets, Says Min ister of Finance. Paris, March' 13. Louis . Klotz, minister of finance, began his eager ly awaited speech in the chamber of deputies today on the financial situation by denying that he had made the statement that France had become richer since the war. From the fiscal point of view there had been more resources created, the minster conceded, but it would be absurd to say that any country with departments in such a condition as the invaded departments of France had become richer. The vearly budget. M. Klotz an nounced, would be three or four times greater than before'the war, the deticit to meet being 21,750,000, 000 francs, ($4,350,000,000). War Expenditures $25,000,000,000. M. Klotz gave some striking fig- ures oi war expenditures. lie saia that more than 39,000,000,000 francs was spent for artillery and 11.000, 000,000 francs for the pay of troops, The total expenditures of the min istry of war were liy,tK)0,000,UUU francs, while the navy department spent only 6!000.000,000 francs, a total of $25,000,000,000. According to M. Klotz. it would be relatively easy to meet the 10,000,- 000,000 franc deficit of 1919 by in crease in indirect taxes, an income tax, receipts from the liquidation of war stocks and a revision of the law governing the transportation of troops over French railroads by charging the allies for transporta tion of troops over French railroads by charging the allies for transpor tation as he French are charged. The railroad deficit, the minister said, would be 4,000,000,000 francs. Concerning the tax on capital proposition, M. Klotz said the. French capitalist taxpayer would not be called to pay one cent of ad ditional taxes until Germany's in demnity figures to France were set tled unon and puaranteed. But even should Germany pay complete ly ior carnages ana tne.restoranon of the devastated provinces M. Klotz said this would not balance! future budgets after 1919. The tax on capital, the minister asserted. fas destined to reach war profiteers. Toledoans Hold Top Places in Bowling Tournament Toledo,. March 15. Howlers from Grand Rapids, Chicago,' Cincinnati, Ligonier, Ind., St. Louis and Toledo, today were unable to reach the top in cither the two-men or individual events in the American Bowling congress tournament now being held here. F. Kasch and P. Schmidt of Tole- made 1,203, third place in the doubtes and J. Berling "and P. Ampler of Cincinnati were fourth with 1,193. By rolling 612 on the last shift in the individuals, Ampler took fourth place and G. Bruckner of Chicago, fifth with 610. X High mark in the two-man event is held by J. Hagerty and C. Moses of Toledo. A Toledoan also has top in the individuals with 6S3. The Kolde-Freyer five of Cincin nati bowled 2,640 for the highest score of the first squad tonight. The J. Grubers of Cleveland were sec ond high- of the squad with 2,632. Old Glory of Detroit came third with 2,614 and the Alhambra five of Cleveland fourth. Reynolds Beats Breedlove, Winning Two Straight Falls Cedar Rapids, 'March 13. Jack Reynolds of Cedar Rapids, welter weight wrestling champion, tonight defeated Sergt. Verne Breedlove of Council Bluffs in two straight falls. The "first "fall was spectacular, coming after an hour and five min utes. Breedlove was on Reynold's back working the scissors and reach ed forward to obtain a wrist lock, when Reynolds with a quick powef ful movement threw Breedlove P most a complete flip, pinning his shoulders to the mat before he could recover. The second fall came in, 12 min utes and 5 seconds, Reynolds using a neckyoke and arm lock. Troop 38 Wins Game. . j Troop 38, Boy Scouts, defeated thi Bantams last night on the Creighton floor, 29 to 13. ' , Fleet in German Harbors Comprises 737 Steamers Berlin, March 13. The mercantile fleet in German harbors, disposi tion of which will be decided at an early date at the food and shipping conference at Brussels, consists, ac cording to German figures of 737 steamers of 1,618,700 gross tons and 136 sailing vessels of 52,600 tons. The sailing craft and some of the smaller steamers will, however, be left by the entente to Germany for coastal traffic. New York-Los Angeles Aerial Passenger Line9 to Be Opened in August New York, March IS. Aerial passenger service between New York and Lot Angeles will be started in August, according to an announcement at the aeronautical esposition here tonight by Wesley A. Hill of Pheonix, Atia-. a form er army aviator and head of a re cently organized aerial transporta tion company. - The company, Mr. Hill Said, has a fleet of four 12-passenger planes, allbf which will start on the in augural trip on the same date. Stops are to be made at Kansas City, Chicago, Cleveland and other cities which have landing fields. The schedule calls for a four-day trip. Mr. Hill added that planes are under way for the opening of an Atlantic coastwise passenger ser vice and later a service between Los Angeles and El Paso, Tex. Paris Will Make Bid Mo Rickard for Big Championship Bout Fans, March 13. Sporting cir cles here are keenly aroused over reports that the Jack-Dempsey-Wil-lard fight may be staged-in Paris. Promoters here have watched with great interest the difficulties encoun tered by "Tex" Rickard in America in getting a place for the boot. Of fers will be made to Rickard soon, if they have not already reached him. The promoters here argue that Paris, with its big floating Amer ican and British propulation at present, would be a better place than, either Juarez or Havana, if the bout goes outside America."H1gher prices could be obtained for seats than before the war. It is figured that scats 'that sold for $50 for the Johnson-Moran bout would bring $100 now. A high army ofheiat informed the Associated Press todav that the Dempsey-Willard fight would not be held in the United States, add ing: V "There is one man who can stop the fight in America." IOWA HOUSE TO TAKE UP MOTOR INVESTIGATION Bill Introduced to Change Auto Department From Sec retary of State to Office of State" Treasurer. Des Moines, la., March 13. (Spe cial Telegram.) The Iowa house today deferred until Friday the con sideration on the bill to transfer the state auto department from the secretary of state office to the state treasurer's. N The ' bill passed the senate unanimously. The house re ferred it to the judiciary committee to report Friday. ; The house defeated the bill to erect a temple of justice on the state house grounds. Action on the automobile depart ment was taken on reeomniendation of the committee on departmental affairs which has been investigating the conduct of the department for weeks and which introduced a bill asking for the transfer of the de partment to the state treasurer. Secretary of State W. S. Allen and his son, Roy Allen, the latter being in direct charge of the de partment, were declared inefficient. No misappropriation of funds was charged. Wage Increase Granted Railroad Police Force Washington, March 13. Wage in creases for approximately 7,000 pa trolmen and 1,000 lieutenants and sergeants comprising the railroad police force were announced tonight by Director General Hines. The in creases are retroactive to last Janu ary 1, and were said to be in keep ing with advances given orlier rail road employes. ' The director general's order pro vides a minimum hourly rate of 45 cents an hour and a maximum of 55 cents an hour for patrolmen who are assigned to a restricted territory with a minimum of eight hours per day and over-time at the pro-rata rate for the ninth and tenth hours and time and one-half thereafter. These men formerly received monthly wages ranging from $60 to $110. Under the new rate they re ceive from $85 to $112 a month on an eight-hour day basis. Mystery in Murder of Mrs. Wilkins Solved, Authorities Announce Mineola, N. Y. March 13.- Nas sau county authorities announced to night that theyiad solved the mys tery in'the murder of Mrs. Julia Wil kins on the porch of her home a Long Beach the night of February 27, although they had made no ar rests and declined to divulge the na ture of the revelatrcms they expea to make. ' Dr. W'alter Keene Wilkins, hus band of the murdered woman, whe told the police his wife was killed by burglars they surprised in theii home, was quoted today as having said he considered himself under sus picion and that he had consented tc have his finger prints taken. His statement followed exhumation ol his wife's body yesterday and an in quest to determine the exact cause of her death. Dr. Wilkins aid he had found a will made by his wife in 1903 when she was still Mrs. Krauss, bequeath ing all her estate, valued at about $65,000, to charitable institutions and leaving liim virtually penniless. He was her third husband and she his third wife. Capital $100,000 $10 Per Share Par Value INTER-OCEAN lillLiii MING CO. BURKBURNETT, TEXAS. 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